# Charlottesville Opera

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**Charlottesville Opera**, before 2017 known as **Ash Lawn Opera**,[1] is an [opera](/source/Opera) company, founded in 1978 in [Charlottesville, Virginia](/source/Charlottesville,_Virginia). For the company's first thirty years, performances were held in the boxwood garden at [Ash Lawn-Highland](/source/Ash_Lawn-Highland), the home of President [James Monroe](/source/James_Monroe). Since 2009 performances have been held at the renovated [Paramount Theater](/source/Paramount_Theater_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)) in downtown Charlottesville.[2]

Charlottesville Opera currently produces four original productions each season: a semi-staged concert opera in the spring; a full-length opera and a musical in the summer; and a holiday opera in December. In addition to the standard operatic repertoire,[3] Charlottesville Opera's productions have included American [musicals](/source/Musical_theatre) and 20th century American operas such as [Carlisle Floyd](/source/Carlisle_Floyd)'s *[Susannah](/source/Susannah)*,[4] as well as such pieces as [Leonard Bernstein](/source/Leonard_Bernstein)'s *[Candide](/source/Candide_(operetta))*.[5]

Charlottesville Opera also provides a wide range of educational programs for youth and adults; professional training for emerging artists and interns; and seeks to enrich the cultural vitality and quality of life in Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region.[6]

## References

**Notes**

1. [History](https://www.charlottesvilleopera.org/history/), Charlottesville Opera

1. Blackwell & Causey 2005, ["Close Up: Ashlawn Festival"](https://books.google.com/books?id=YKKB4-5pkJgC&dq=%22Ash+Lawn+Opera%22&pg=PA342), pp. 341–342

1. [Ash Lawn's past seasons' programs](http://www.ashlawnopera.com/about-us/past-seasons/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140519040334/http://www.ashlawnopera.com/about-us/past-seasons/) 2014-05-19 at the Wayback Machine on ashlawnopera.com

1. ["Ash Lawn Opera Announces First Year-Round Season"](http://charlottesvillearts.org/blog/ash-lawn-opera-announces-first-year-round-season/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140605053431/http://charlottesvillearts.org/blog/ash-lawn-opera-announces-first-year-round-season/) June 5, 2014 at the Wayback Machine on charlottesvillearts.org. Retrieved 8 June 2014

1. Jane Dunlap Norris, ["*Candide* unites Oratorio Society and Ash Lawn Opera for semi-staged Bernstein gem"](http://www.dailyprogress.com/entertainment/candide-unites-oratorio-society-and-ash-lawn-opera-for-semi/article_734db43c-d15b-11e3-8afe-001a4bcf6878.html), *The Daily Progress* (Charlottesville), May 2, 2014

1. Mary Burruss, ["Ash Lawn Opera’s *Amahl and the Night Visitors* builds community"](http://www.c-ville.com/ash-lawn-operas-amahl-and-the-night-visitors-builds-community-through-access/#.U5SOXvldWLI) on *C-Ville Weekly*. Retrieved 8 June 2014

**Sources**

- Blackwell, Mary Alice; Anne Patterson Causey (2005), *Insiders' Guide to Virginia's Blue Ridge*, 9th edition. Insiders' Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7627-3460-3.

## External links

- [Charlottesville Opera website](https://www.charlottesvilleopera.org/)

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